Round robin play wrapped up on Saturday night at The Dominion Curling Club Championships at the Western Community Curling Club in Alberton. The Barry Cameron rink from the Silver Fox finished atop the standings in the seven team men’s division, with a 5-1 win-loss record, and advance to the final game at 5:30 pm. Defending champion Donald Clarey and his Montague team, along with the Alan Inman foursome from Crapaud were next, at 4-2, and play in the 1 pm semi-finals between the second and third place teams, with the winner of that game going to the final. Blaine Hutt from the host club, and Cornwall’s Brock Spence rink ended play at 3-3, while Clair Sweet of the Maple Leaf club in O’Leary, and Charlie Wilkinson from Charlottetown had one win and five losses.
Lorianne Davies of Cornwall and Kim Ellsworth of the host Western club both had 3-1 records in the five team women’s division, but Davies edged the host club rink 8-7 in their round robin encounter, and was awarded first place and a bye to the 5:30 pm final. Ellsworth faces Crapaud’s Marie Ford rink, who went 2-2 in the round robin, in the semi-final between second and third place finishers, at 1 pm. Nola Murphy of the Silver Fox, and Val MacLean of Charlottetown ended play at 1-3.
The winning men’s and women’s teams advance to the national The Dominion, Nov. 21-26 in Richmond BC.
Club champions from all PEI curling clubs are invited to this event, which is designed to give regular club curlers across the country an opportunity to compete in provincial and national level competitions. Any profit generated from provincial or national Dominion Curling Club Championship events will be directed to charities including the Canadian Paraplegic Association, as well as developmental curling initiatives in communities across Canada.
